The Red Ledge Cons is a gold mine located in Nevada county, California at an elevation of 1,650 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 1,650 Feet (503 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 39.29472, -121.14778
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Red Ledge Cons MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Red Ledge Cons
Secondary: South Yuba
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: California
County: Nevada
District: French Corral
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: EST. ASSAYS 2.12 % CU, $3.34 AU FOR LOW GRADE ORE. $1.92 AU, AG AND 38.2 % CU FOR HIGH GRADE ORE. GOSSAN VALUES FROM $5 - $10 AU/TON.
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): VEINS, RICH IN CU TOWARD HANGING WALL & TU SULFUR TOWARD FOOT WALL.
Comment (Workings): 6 ADITS, TUNNELS, CROSSCUTS
Comment (Geology): GOSSAN 500 FT WIDE IN PLACES
Comment (Deposit): PATENTED 107 ACRES. MACBOYLE LOCATES MINE IN R 8 E LATER REFERENCES, HOWEVER, PLACE IT IN R 7 E. APPARENTLY THE RED LEDGE WAS LATER RENAMED AS THE SOUTH YUBA MINE, WHICH CONSISTED OF 6 CLAIMS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): MACBOYLE, E., 1918 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 16 , P. 248 - 249 .
Reference (Deposit): AUBURY, L. E., 1908 , COPPER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, BULLETIN NO. 50 , P. 200 .
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